Kwesi J. Roberts

Merry Christmas!🎄🎁 - Roberts-O’Neill’s

🏡 Exciting News! This beautiful home is now pending! 🎉 Stay tuned for updates...

4 years old today! Happy Birthday Bud 🤩

Family pumpkin carving day 🎃

A sweet family of three, who moved from the East Coast to start anew. After first landing in Dublin CA, and realizing it was too suburban, the hunt began for a family friendly neighborhood closer to the heart of the East Bay, with an easy work commute to SF and a balance of quaint, convenient and vibrant.

Berkeley was the first city explored and where we met at our team’s open house in Central Berkeley. Though this home wasn’t the right fit, it created a basis for what Berkeley and some of its surrounding cities’ values and competition are like.

While Albany, Kensington and El Cerrito were also top contenders, it was Alameda that started to feel the most like home. After weeks of gathering data and gaining clarity on what’s most important, the perfect home surfaced. Located on Bay Farm (a peninsula within Alameda), this gorgeous mediterranean townhome has exquisite original details, charm and brightness. With parks nearby, easy access to the main island and the ferry terminal to SF, good schools and more, this fit the bill! We were one of two offers that were neck and neck. Though comps had suggested it could sell as high as 1.5M, it was a strong rapport with the listing agent, a clean offer, and our reputable and local lender that contributed to the seller accepting our offer without having to come up in price.

Happy House...Happy Clients!

New chapter ahead for a lovely family as they're now getting ready to move into this beautiful Alameda neighborhood and home. Stay tuned for more details on their story once we close.

A reminder that CalHFA’s Dream For All Program (100% financing/shared equity program) will very likely run out of funds in the near future. In fact the Expected Lifespan is < 90 DAYS
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Happy St. Paddy’s!
From My Wee Lad…aka Rye Guy 😉
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Come Say Hi! I'll be hosting this lovely Berkeley home tomorrow....See link in story for more details

Just went on my first vacation without our 3 yr old! Leaving him behind was hard, but I quickly recovered….Sayulita, Mexico was a magical place with the friendliest locals. Had a blast and highly recommend to anyone looking for a new place in Mexico to explore. 🌴🌴🌴🥥🥥🥥

📍260 Perkins St. Oakland
Listed for $349,000
Sold for $360,000
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Clients M & S began their search in Emeryville only 2 months ago. Keeping their son in Emeryville’s school system was a top priority, but the steep HOA fees commonly associated with Emeryville condos made this hard to pursue given their budget. It turned out that a simple inner-district transfer request would keep their son in school, and so off to Oakland we went.

We came across this bright studio, in a very sweet and friendly neighborhood, just footsteps from Lake Merritt. We got our offer (FHA financed) accepted over another very attractive offer, that by our market standards had less risky financing and a much higher down payment. Instilling trust and confidence in the listing agent that we had the right lender for the job and were willing to waive our inspection contingency (unlike the other offer), gave us the edge needed to get the home.

Three days prior to closing we got some great news that the FHA is lowering monthly mortgage insurance premiums, saving M&S $948/year = $28,440 over the life of the loan.

Where there’s a will, there’s a way! My clients were determined to start building equity for their dream home, to come. Here’s to their first building block!

Wish I could be at Disney On Ice with the fam today, but here’s to the fun they’re having!!

So excited for my clients and their dream of owning a home coming true!

Instead of being so fixated with what’s going to happen with the market in the next 5-20 months, you can take comfort in knowing that this canvas (home) for your life serves as an accrued savings account, where you’re compounding equity and benefitting over time, with an asset to show for it. Not to mention a significant portion of ones retirement.

Fresh Cut for the holidays 🎄

📍576 Wesley Ave. oakland
Listed for $995,000
Sold for $1,220,000
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Clients A+A were looking to buy their first home in Oakland. They got pre-approved in the late summer of 2021, but due to work travel, didn’t seriously start looking at homes until the summer of 2022.

Based on their lifestyle, work commute and size criteria, we focused mainly on: Dimond, Glenview, Redwood Heights, Upper Laurel and N. Oakland. We were just starting to see the effects of home prices lowering due to economic factors, however with inventory ramped up and many buyers determined to make a footprint, we were still faced with heavy competition. One home we offered on in Glenview received 15 offers and we were #3. The other home, in Richmond Annex (a surprise neighborhood we explored), received 19 offers, of which we were in the top 4.

A couple months later, in October, we began to see opportunities surface in a neighborhood we hadn’t previously considered as much due to budget - Haddon Hill, by lake Merritt, which happens to be exactly where they wanted to be all along. This beautiful craftsman home wasn’t getting the attention it deserved and so the price was dropped (1.125M to 995k) to try and build more interest. With this came a new offer deadline, but instead of waiting we decided to be aggressive and submit a strong preemptive offer, along with an endearing personal letter, both of which was enough to seal the deal!

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Quiet Sunday night stroll on fourth St….Thanks to for a delicious dinner and spiritous vibe!

Love getting in the spirit with the Fam!

Congrats to my wonderful clients! I hope you enjoy this home for many years to come. You were such a joy to work with, and I couldn't be happier for you.

So excited for my clients who are in contract on this beautiful craftsman by the lake!

So excited for my clients who are in contract on this beautiful craftsman by the lake